Saint-Etienne remains on two consecutive victories in Ligue 1 but Pierre Ménès is not very optimistic for the future of ASSE …
Winner of Clermont before the truce, Saint-Etienne continued with a precious success against Troyes this Sunday (0-1). The Greens are still in a relegation position but the gap is narrowing and obviously this is good for morale in Forez. However, Pierre Ménès is not overly optimistic about what will happen next in Saint-Etienne. In his digital tablet “Face to Pierrot”, the former Canal + journalist explained that he particularly feared the consequences of the Africa Cup of Nations on ASSE in January. And for good reason, five to seven players will leave Saint-Etienne the time to play this competition and not least: Harold Moukoudi, Yvann Neyou, Denis Bouanga, Saïdou Sow or even Wahbi Khazri are concerned, which explains Pierre’s legitimate fears. Ménès for the rest of the Saint-Etienne season.
📊 Wahbi Khazri is the 2nd L1 player most involved in his team’s goals, behind Jonathan David (LOSC).
Our favorite Tunisian is involved in 44% of ASSE’s goals this season. #ASSE
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– Sainté Inside (@SainteInside) November 23, 2021
“It’s only two victories, even if they are two consecutive victories where the Greens show moral qualities and a real desire to not let go. Now, we know that it is fragile, the slightest relapse will obviously be detrimental. The real worry for the Greens is January with 7 players heading to CAN. But indeed to put it mildly, the points taken are no longer to be taken and the landscape as well as the weather are brighter than a few weeks ago “ judged Pierre Ménès, who is delighted with the recent results of Saint-Etienne but who remains cautious for the rest of the season of the Greens. Because the African Nations Cup could hurt the Greens a lot. This is not the first time that a Ligue 1 club has been particularly looted during CAN times. We remember in particular that Marcelo Bielsa’s OM collapsed in 2015 during the African Nations Cup, which deprived him for more than a month of his then captains Nicolas Nkoulou and André Ayew.